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deplore

v.
US //dɪˈpɫɔɹ// UK //dɪplˈɔː// de·plore Archaic
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Origin

From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament over, bewail”), from dē- + plōrāre (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain.

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